There's an infamous line in Star Wars: A New Hope where Han Solo brags that the Millennium Falcon "made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs." And for 41 years, Star Wars fans have been quick to nerd-splain that a parsec is actually a measurement of distance instead of a measurement of time.
Though the movie itself was wholly average, the best thing Solo actually pulled off was subtly and cleverly correcting that error.
In Solo, Han takes a new, more dangerous route to Kessel that is actually shorter. As one Redditor has recently explained:
The maelstrom is obviously a set distance, for simplicity let's say it was 20 parsecs long. By going into the maelstrom and off the set path, Han was effectively going off-road to take a shortcut, cutting the distance down to 12 parsecs.
It would be like if your friend lives 20 miles away down curvy roads, but you said "screw it" and just drove in a straight line through the woods. You'd show up and say, "I just made the run to your house in less than 12 miles."
Also, I love when Chewy points out it was over 12 parsecs but Han rounds down, then by the Original Trilogy he's exaggerating it down to less than 12.
So, in the original movie, Han is indeed bragging about a unit of distance: He was able to pilot the Falcon through a shorter route in the Kessel maelstrom.
